Bruch
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German bruch, from Old High German bruh, from Proto-West Germanic *bruki. Cognate with English breach.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bruch m (strong, genitive Bruches or Bruchs, plural Brüche)
- break, breaking, breach, fracture, rupture
- (mathematics) fraction
- (medicine) fracture (of a bone)
- Synonyms: Knochenbruch, (medical parlance) Fraktur
- (medicine) hernia
- sich einen Bruch heben ― to get a hernia from heavy lifting
- Synonyms: Leistenbruch, Eingeweidebruch, (medical parlance) Hernie
- (figuratively) (to) excess, very much
- sich einen Bruch lachen ― to split one's sides (literally, “to laugh oneself a hernia”)
- (slang) Short for Einbruch (“break-in”).
Declension edit
Declension of Bruch [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- Abbruch
- Anbruch
- Aufbruch
- Ausbruch
- Bruchbude
- Bruchfläche
- brüchig
- Bruchkäse
- Bruchkuchen
- Bruchlandung
- Bruchrechnung
- Bruchstein
- Bruchstrich
- Bruchstück
- Bruchzahl
- Durchbruch
- Ehebruch
- Einbruch
- Hausfriedensbruch
- Kettenbruch
- Knochenbruch
- Rechtsbruch
- Schiffbruch
- Sollbruchstelle
- Steinbruch
- Umbruch
- Wegbruch
- Wolkenbruch
- zu Bruch gehen
- Zusammenbruch
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk n. Cognate with English brook.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bruch m or n (strong, genitive Bruches or Bruchs, plural (masculine) Brüche or (neuter) Brücher)
- (now chiefly in placenames) a wetland, marsh, moist meadow (especially kinds fit for pastoral use, rather than actual bogs or swamps)
Declension edit
Declension of Bruch [masculine // neuter, strong]
Alternative forms edit
- -broich (in Rhenish placenames)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle High German bruoch, from Old High German bruoh, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk f. Cognate with English breech.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bruch f (genitive Bruch, plural Bruchen or Brüche)
- (obsolete) pair of hose, leggings, pants, trousers [usual until ca. 1700]
- Synonyms: Hose, Strumpfhose, Unterhose
Declension edit
Declension of Bruch [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Bruch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Bruch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bruch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bruch” in Duden online
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bruch m (plural Brich)
Declension edit
Declension of Bruch
Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Proper noun edit
Bruch
- A small town in central Luxembourg.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Bruch, Dutch breuk, English breach.
Noun edit
Bruch m (plural Brich)
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Bruch m